Posted on 11/19/2010 4:07:33 PM PST by kristinn
The million-dollar question among Dancing with the Stars fans these days? How did Bristol Palin make it into the season 11 finals?
"She deserves it," DWTS executive producer Conrad Green tells PEOPLE. "And a significant portion of our viewing audience believes that, too."
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Speculation has arisen about whether members of the Tea Party, many of whom strongly support Bristol's mom Sarah Palin, are involved in an organized effort to promote Bristol.
On one conservative Web site, Freerepublic.com, some of the site's 300,000 registered users have recently used discussion threads to encourage votes for Bristol. One asked users to "make liberal heads explode and vote for Bristol" on Nov. 8 to advance her to the semi-finals.
But Jim Robinson, who founded the site, says there is no larger plan at work. "An organized conspiracy? I sincerely doubt that," he told PEOPLE. "The Tea Party's not that organized!"
And Green agrees that there's no stuffing of the virtual ballot-box, saying that the entire process – text votes, call-in votes and email votes – "is all overseen by the Broadcast Standards team, independent of us and the network to make sure that everything is absolutely done scrupulously."
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LOL. That’s the truth, dearest altura!
I would NOT be watching the show were it not for Bristol Palin!
Thanks for posting this. It still seems stupid to me, but I guess the show doesn’t care. ;)
Geraldo is an obnoxious, moonbat, moron! Fox needs to show him the exit door and never let him back in. Sue the SOB.
He’s an ass. I’m on FR every day. I have never watched DWTS, not once. I’ve never voted. However, due to this BS, I’ll be watching next week and I will be voting and so will the rest of my family and my friends.
The Geraldo replay starts in 10 minutes thereabout (top of this hour)!
LOL LOL!!!! Thanks Onyx, I now have iced tea all over my keyboard!
800-868-3407 = Bristol and Mark
LOL. You’re getting pinged to the DWTS thread on Monday evening too, so you and your family can also vote online. We post the link.
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Oh I’ll be watching. I already have it set to record so I won’t forget. I’ll be voting too, for the first time ever. :)
Jillian Reynolds has been working and living in the USA for all of these years and yet she still hasn’t even taken the time to become an American citizen.
I guess she’s too busy doing Jenny Craig commercials and going on Whorealdo...
You know, she really isn't a bad dancer considering where she started. Her solid 9's on the Paso Doble suggests that she has it in her to nail it Monday and score 10s. Wouldn't it be something if she managed to outscore the other two! Then if (when) she wins, how could they say her dancing wasn't good enough?
I actually think there were several times where the judges low-balled her and she really did deserve higher scores.
Did I mention that liberals literally make me sick to my stomach!
What?!!! This is a conservative site? Why didn't anyone tell me! This is an outrage!
Thanks to Geraldo, or I wouldn’t know how to find this site. I need to know all the ways to vote for Bristol. I like her story — how someone who is not accepted in Hollywood can take the challenge of dancing in front of millions of people while she knows she will be under scrutiny and will be subject to many criticisms. To those who hate her and those who are wondering why I vote for her ... I admire her because of her courage. I like her because she is an ordinary American like me who’s just trying to make a living and a name for herself. I will spend time voting for her because of her hard work.
Welcome to Free Republic.
How much time do you plan on investing in calling a dopey program? It seems like 5 minutes would be more than enough.
Thanks to Geraldo, or I wouldn’t know how to find this site. I need to know all the ways to vote for Bristol. I like her story — how someone who is not accepted in Hollywood can take the challenge of dancing in front of millions of people while she knows she will be under scrutiny and will be subject to many criticisms. To those who hate her and those who are wondering why I vote for her ... I admire her because of her courage. I like her because she is an ordinary American like me who’s just trying to make a living and a name for herself. I will spend time voting for her because of her hard work.
Softbutch is added to the list!
Thank you, Geraldo, for directing softbutch to FR!!
Welcome to Free Republic, softbutch!
Thanks, Geraldo!
VOTING — HOW IT WORKS:
During the live shows, judges will give a score based on several factors, including technical execution. But the judges’ scores alone do not decide a couple’s fate.
Phone lines, text votes (AT&T customers only) & online polls will open at the top of each performance show so that viewers can vote for their favorites. Phone & text lines will stay open for 30 minutes after the end of the show. Online voting will remain open until 11am (Eastern Time) the next day.
Bristol Palin & Mark Ballas 800-868-3407
http://abc.go.com/shows/dancing-with-the-stars/about-voting
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